Editing Mothership Connection (section)

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r14885|first=Jason|last=Birchmeier}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
| rev2Score = (favorable)<ref name="superseventies.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/spparliament.html |title=Review: ''Mothership Connection'' |publisher=Superseventies.com |access-date=2013-07-14}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/reissue/51133/up-for-down-strokechocolate-citymothership-connection.html Review: ''Mothership Connection''] {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev4Score = A−<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: P|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=P&bk=70|access-date=March 10, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev5Score = 8.5/10<ref name="Review: Mothership Connection">[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20754-parliament-up-for-the-down-stroke-chocolate-city-and-mothership-connection Review: ''Mothership Connection''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206145543/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20754-parliament-up-for-the-down-stroke-chocolate-city-and-mothership-connection |date=February 6, 2009 }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev6Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite web|last=Bowden |first=Marshall |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/p/parliament-mothership.shtml |title=Review: ''Mothership Connection'' |publisher=Popmatters.com |access-date=2013-07-14}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&q=Mothership+Connection+review&pg=PA619 |title=Review: ''Mothership Connection'' |isbn=9780743201698 |access-date=2013-07-14|last1=Brackett |first1=Nathan |last2=Hoard |first2=Christian David |year=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev9Score = 10/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rubin |first1=Mike |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |location=New York |isbn=0679755748 |page=296 |chapter=P-Funk}}</ref>
| rev10 = [[Sputnikmusic]]
| rev10Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=3381 |title=Review: ''Mothership Connection'' |publisher=Sputnikmusic.com |access-date=2013-07-14}}</ref>
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On release, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called the album a "parody of modern funk" and stated that "unlike the [[Ohio Players]] or [[Commodores]], the group refuses to play it straight. Instead, Clinton spews his jive, conceived from some cosmic funk vision."<ref name=RollingStone>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mothership-connection-19760325 |title=Mothership Connection &#124; Album Reviews &#124; Rolling Stone |first=Joe |last= McEwen |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 25, 1976 |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> In a positive review, ''[[Village Voice]]'' critic [[Robert Christgau]] stated that Clinton "keeps the beat going with nothing but his rap, some weird keyboard, and cymbals for stretches of side one," and described "Give Up the Funk" as "galactic."<ref name="CG"/>

Retrospectively, ''Mothership Connection'' has been widely acclaimed, and it is typically considered to be one of the best albums by the [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] collective. ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s 2003 review gave the record 5 stars: "The masterpiece, the slang creator, the icon builder, the master narrative--or 'the bomb,' as Clinton succinctly put it before anyone else." Jason Birchmeier of [[AllMusic]] called it "the definitive Parliament-Funkadelic album," in which "George Clinton's revolving band lineups, differing musical approaches, and increasingly thematic album statements reached an ideal state, one that resulted in enormous commercial success as well as a timeless legacy."<ref name="AM"/> [[Dr. Dre]] famously sampled "[[Mothership Connection (Star Child)]]" on "[[Let Me Ride]]" and "[[P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)]]" on "The Roach (The Chronic Outro)", both from his 1992 album ''[[The Chronic]]''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

The album has received many retrospective accolades, including being named [[VH1|VH1's]] 55th greatest album of all time. In 2012, it was ranked at number 276 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]]; it was featured again on the 2020 edition, at number 363.<ref>{{cite web |year=2012 |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/parliament-mothership-connection-173103/ |access-date=September 10, 2019 |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2020-09-22|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|access-date=2021-06-24|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' listed ''Mothership Connection'' in their "Essential Black Rock Recordings" list, and it was included in the 2005 book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.